As the winds of change waft through another NFL off-season, the Buffalo Bills have Stevie Johnson to catch the football and C.J. Spiller to carry it.

After that?

Well, go fish ...

Nobody knows what, or who, is going to turn up.

The Bills will be looking to upgrade at receiver.

The defence is in flux.

There’s speculation they might even take a run at Joe Flacco if he becomes available in the never-ending quest to find a quarterback of a future that never seems to quite arrive.

Monday, management moved the first pieces in its remobiliation plan. And, here’s hoping that releasing linebacker Nick Barnett, and team captain and safety George Wilson, isn’t just another way of running over their own toes.

Jettisoning both saves the Bills $6.4 million in salary as they prepare to dip into free agency.

“Very unfortunate we didn’t get the Bills to the playoffs but I know you guys will have many successful years ahead of you,” Barnett wrote on Twitter.

Easy for him to be optimistic — he’s leaving.

With Johnson the only proven receiver on the roster, Bills GM Buddy Nix is looking for help in both the draft and free agency.

“We need a big-time outside receiver and (wide receiver) T.J. (Graham) gives us a lot of that, but you still need to get another bigger guy that can line up out there and catch the ball even when he’s covered,” said Nix.

Johnson is coming off his third straight 1,000-yard season but other than Graham, a third-round pick last year, there isn’t much in the passing game. Kansas City’s Dwayne Bowe, Pittsburgh’s Mike Wallace and New England’s Wes Welker could all become available and Nix must find another playmaker to go with Spiller and Johnson, or someone else likely will be making these decisions by this time next year.

The Bills’ Ruvell Martin isn’t going to cut it.

Greg Jennings’ time in Green Bay has come and gone. So, he’s an option. With several clubs carrying big wallets and looking for similar help, Nix may have to get creative. The Bengals appear interested in Wallace and have a whopping $52 million in cap space. Both Indianapolis and Miami have more than $40 million to spend.

Then, there is Percy Harvin. The Vikings might be eager to trade the talented but controversial pass catcher. He is multi-talented but has had altercations with head coach Leslie Frazier, and in 2010 with head coach Brad Childress. The Vikings don’t want the migraines, the sore ankles or the insubordination. On any given weekend Harvin can be as much trouble for his own team as he is for the one he’s playing against.

But, when he’s good, he can be very good. And, maybe he just needs to find his happy place.

FOREVER RAVEN

Wide receiver Anquan Boldin is taking a preemptive strike in hopes of remaining with the Ravens.

The team is attempting to get under the salary cap and talk is they would release Boldin rather than pay his $6 million salary next year. Boldin says he’ll quit before playing elsewhere. Of course, they all say that until their significant others run out of fresh diamonds, or there’s no more of breakfast caviar in the cupboard.

“I won’t play in another uniform,” Boldin told NBC Sports Radio. “We have a saying, once a Raven, always a Raven, and I’ll always be a Raven. Baltimore is the only place I want to play.”

Just guessing, but where he WANTS to play isn’t likely to come into the equation.

BYE THE BYE

St. Louis County and its Convention and Visitors Commission has been told by an arbitration panel that it is responsible for upgrades on the Rams’ stadium.

The commission has 60 days to decide whether to comply but indication is it’s not interested. That means the team could contractually leave after the 2014 season. CVC president Kathleen Ratcliffe said. “There is no specific plan at this point.”

In other words the city works a lot like the team — generally pointless.

QUICK HITS

Former Eagles owner Norman Braman, who sold the franchise to Jeffrey Lurie in 1994, is critical of Dolphins’ current owner Stephen Ross’ proposal to ask taxpayers to finance about half of the planned $400 million in stadium renovations. “This is still welfare for a multi-billionaire,” Braman told WSVN News in Miami. “It’s wrong”. According to Forbes Magazine, Ross has a net worth of $4.4 billion. But I guess a billion dollars doesn’t go as far as it used to ... Cornerback Roderick Williams, an all-star with the Eskimos of the CFL, has signed with Minnesota. Both he and Vikings head coach Leslie Frazier were at Alcorn State ... A couple of NFL teams have shown interest in B.C. offensive lineman Jovan Olafioye and Saskachewan defensive end Odell Willis ... Steelers are considering an offensive line next year anchored by Maurkice Pouncey. Veterans Max Starks, Ramon Foster and Willie Colon combined for 43 starts last season but all are expected to be elsewhere next year as the team tries to get younger.

VICK BACK IN PHILLY

Michael Vick has a new contract but many of the same questions still surround him. Questions such as whether he gets his old job as the Eagles No. 1 quarterback. Or, whether he even remains with the Eagles.

Vick agreed to a renegotiated one-year deal that is significantly less than the $15.5 million he was originally contracted to receive next season.

He could still eventually be traded, be the starter or, become an unhappy backup to Nick Foles. New head coach Chip Kelly isn’t saying.

“There’s an open competition. Michael knows that, Nick knows that,” Kelly said at a press conference Monday afternoon. “Nick knew every step of the way what we were doing. I specifically wanted to make sure Nick was included in the plans. I think both of them have outstanding qualities in terms of being quarterbacks in this league.

“I also know in this league you’d better have two (quarterbacks). So I’m excited about the two of them. They’re both going to compete, and who the starting quarterback is to start the season off is going to be won on the practice field.”

Reports indicate the new deal is worth “up to $10 million” but it’s also believed much of that is not guaranteed. And, the new deal also makes Vick easier to trade.